Book Review for the following book:
After the Natural Law Assignment, review the following: Hill, John
Lawrence. 2016. After the Natural Law: How the Classical Worldview Supports Our
Modern Moral and Political Views. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
You should state the purpose of the book under review, give your critique of the author’s
success in meeting this purpose, and relate the content of the book to the ideas of the
Natural Law thinkers covered to that point in the course, especially those required in the
instructions for each review listed below.
In your review of this work, be sure to mention the Natural Law theories of the thinkers
covered between Weeks 3 and 6 (Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Hooker, and Calvin) and
include a discussion of their relationship to democracy, covenantal statesmanship, and
positive law/public policy formation.
Include a concluding section entitled Public Policy Applications that relates the lessons of
the reviewed book and included Natural Law thinkers to three public policy areas of your
choice: one must be moral; one must be economic; and one can be any other area of
public policy of interest to you.
